A generation is more like a century in the age of 24/7 news. For that reason, news of the passing of Robert Bork, a legal scholar whose 1987 Supreme Court nomination created a firestorm, will last only hours. What survives is the controversy surrounding the man and the impact his personality has on the nomination process. National Review Online has a fine series of posts on Bork by
Ramesh Ponnuru,
Steven Calabresi,
John O'Sullivan,
Mark Steyn, and
Jay Nordlinger. Additional tributes are available on the December 20 page. Andrew Cohen presents another view of Bork in his
post at The Atlantic.
OTR remembers the nomination hearing quite well, but what he remembers most about Robert Bork was this
most enjoyable article he wrote for
National Review on the reelection of Bill Clinton for a second term. Kudos to Katherine Jean Lopez for posting this essential piece which would otherwise be hidden behind the NR pay wall.
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